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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. T. M. POOTE 8v IP. ANDERSON. l Mechanism for Perforetin'g Peper for Telegraphie y y Purposes.

Pabe'nted'lune 8 INVENTORS.- mear/m9105022 l 2"Sheet-isSheet` 2 'I'. M. FOOTB 8v P. ANDERSO Mechanism for Psrorating Paper vfor Tel d Purposes.

Patented .lune 8, 1880.

egrsphic No.122s,623.

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THEODORE M. FOOTE, 'OF YORK, AND FRANK ANDERSON, OF lPEEKS-` KILL, ASSIGNORS TO THE AMERICAN RAPID TELEGRAPH COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MECHANISM FOR PERFORATING PAPER FOR TELEGliAPHIC lUiilOSE-S.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Letters Patent No. 228,623, dated .rune s, Isso.

Application led May 3, 1879.

To all. whomt may concern: I

Be' it known 'that we, THEoDoRE M. Foo'rE, of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, and FRANK ANDER- SON, ofPeekshill, in the county-of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Perforatin g Paper for Telegraphic Purposes, of which the following is a specification.

ments in that class of telegraphic apparatus technically known as perfor-mora.7 for perforating paper employed in telegraphy, the perforations in the pper serving to transmit certain impulses of electricity from a transmitting to a receiving instrument upon or over a circuit ofconduetors.

Heretofore perforators have been so constructed that the perforations formed by the zo same represent certain character-alphabetssuch as the Morse, for instancethe spacing or feedingof the paper between the perforations depending upon the length of the character or perforation representing the character. rihis invention, although it relates in some of its parts to peri'orators ot' the class above ma ioned, is specially applicable to the perforation ot' paper metrically or by measurement, the perforation representing a letter con- 3o sistingsimply of a single hole for single-cnrrent transmission and two holes for doublecurrent or polarity transmission, the spacing or distance between the perforations being in relation to certain letters which they represent, 5 and corresponding in distance between the same to the distance between such letters.

',lhe invention is specially designed to be employed in connection with the system ot' telegraphy embraced in United States Letters 4o Patent No. 191,130, dated May22, 1877, which requires apparatus for perfora'ting, transmitting, receiving, and translating or changingr the recorded dots or dashes into ltoman letters, and it has specially for its object to provide for the pert'orating and spacing the paper, so

that said pcrtbrations and spaces will correspond in arrangement with the letters in the translating or copying machine.

rlhis invention relates to certain improve-I In the translator hereinbefore referred to, and for a full understanding of which reference is made to patent of Theodore M. Foote, No. 191,130, dated May 22, 187 7, the letters on the type-wheels are, for convenience, arranged with special reference to each other, the letters most often used being arrangedon one wheel, directl-y opposite those least used, which are upon another wheel. The intermediate wheelis marked with the numerals in common' use. The levers to the right and left and lopposite I the type-pad operate said pad to print from the wheels respectively upon the fillet.

It is the function of the record Vupon the receiving or record fillet to indicate to 'thcfoper ator which keys are to be depressed, and this indication is given by the last or right-hand dot of each couple. For instance, it'` the couple of dots stand in this position, 0, the last dot, being in the upper row, shows that one of a certain set of levers is to be depressed and cause a letter of, say, the farthest wheetl from the operator to be printed up'on the translating-fillet. If thedots stand in this position, 00, the last dot, being in the lower row, shows that one of another set oi' levers is to be depressed and a letter of the nearest wheel printed, while a certain predetermined repetition ot' dots or couples may indicate that a certain key'is to be operated to print from4 the intermediate wheel. y

It is the object of the present invention to rapidly prepare the perforated strips to he used in transmitting messages, the receiving or record strips of which are to be used in connection with the translato, its explained.

It consists, mainly, in the combination, with the punches of a telegraphic performing-machine organized to perforate a tlllet iin two rows, of feeding mechanism for varying and regulating the spaces between perforations representing letters in connection with said spaces, and devices for controlling theoperation of the punches, so as to reverse the snccessive pertbrations as regards their relative positions in thc respective rows, so that sncccssiv, poribrzions shall be removed a proper distance 'from Y lose immediately preceding, to

2 assess indicate that another letter is to bepriuted, and that said perforations shall occupy a position to indicate which wheel of the perforator is to be used.

[u the accompanying' drawings, Figure l represents a top view of our limproved apparatus; Fig. 2, a-front elevation wit-h the keylevcrs detached Figs. 3 and 4, detached views ofthe punch|nover; Fig. 5, the perforated fillet of paper; Fig. 6, a sectional View on the line :r .fr of Fig. l Fig. 7, a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 8a side elevation of the apparatus.

lThe letter p indicates a contim1ously-revolv ing shaft journaled in suitable supports G, and adapted to be driven by any convenient power. Said shaft has rigidly secured to it a ratchet or spur wheel, T, and has mounted loosely 4upon it a pulley, O, provided with cams .l and l, and a clutch or pawl, S. The letter D-indicates `a shaft mounted in the supports G and parallel with the shaft p. Said shaft D has rigidly secured to it a pulley, d, drum or cylinder A, and feed-roller E. The shaft D is driven by the pulleyOin its revolution through the medium of a loose belt, U, traveling on `(J and d, when the clutch or pawl S is made Ato engage the ratchet T, as more fully hereinafter explained.

llhe pulleyd is constructed of less diame-v ter than the pulley 0, so that the cylinderA will inakea complete revolution inor about the time the main shaft is making three-ibnrths of a revolution, or thercabout. y

In lieu ofthe pulleys and belt, gear-wheels may be substituted, in which event the gearwheel on the shaft D should have a less number of teeth than the gear-wheel on shaft p, in order to give the proper relative speed to the two shafts, and when such gear-wheels are used the cylinder A should he lit-ted loosely onl shaft D and be driven by suitable friction devices.

' The cylinder A is provided with a number of pints, ar a (t, arranged spirally around its periphery,aml incertain relation to each other, as more fully hereinafter speeitied.

The letter u indicates a roller supported by a lever controlled by a spring, so as to bear against the paperdru|n or feed-roller E with a yielding spring-pressure.

The letters M and L indicate two swingiiigl f ames, having bearings at nrm5 in a suitable support. The l'ral'ne' M has attached to it a rod, on, extending from an arm, m2. The said rod is provided with an upright. arm, o, and an arnn'o, which extends at right angles from said rod behind the upright swinging stop t, attached thgretfo, as shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

lhe letter lc indicates a lever attached to a bell-crank lever, K, one end of which hears against the boss of an arm, i, secured to the shaft l. 'lho said shaft l has also attached to ita pumzh-niover, II.

The letter O represents a series of key-le vers extending over and resting upon the frames L and M and pivoted at c. Certain of said key-bars are recessed, as shown at C', Fig. 7, for the purpose hereinafter-explainerh stop-bars loosely mounted in a rackframe, b, and held forward in place by the spring s, as shown in Fig. 6.

The stop-bar corresponding to each partienlar key isv moved upward when said key is depressed and brought-luider one of the projections a on the cylinder A, and by the rotation of said cylinder is carried against the stop, arresting the rotation of the cylinder. The said stop-bars fall forward andeutet the wayof the pins a when a key is released, so that ifa letter is to be repeated the cylinderinay make another revolution, or as many as may be desired,without'its being stopped, by simply depressing and. releasing the key.

.are supported in a frame, F', to which is secured a die', c2. Motion is imparted to said punches in one direction by a spring, 1:.and in the opposite direction by the punch-mover when the saine is thrown against the punches by the rocking motion of the shaft I, imparted to the same by' the cam J, the said cam las it revolves `aetmg against an arm, z', secured to the shaft I. The punch-driver is provided with three apertures, fl j f4, which permit such punches as may not be required in forining the perforations to remain in a normal position by falling into said apertures while the other punches are being ope ated. f

The punclrlnover ll has given to it upon the depression ot' any ol' the key-kevers that bear upon the frame l'i by theaction ofthe rod k and bell-crank lever K, actingnpon the boss of the Aarm i, (or it 'may be upon any projection securedto the shaft,) a reciprm-,ating lateral movement, which shifts the position otl said punch-mover, serving to uctuatc a different set of punches, as indicated in l. `igs.3a,nd Atot' the drawings.

The letter X represents the winding-reel, and V the delivery-reel, supported upon snitable bearings ilu the uprights l() and l0. Attached to the support 10 at 1/ is an arm carr inga roller or guide-wheel, Y, which is separated from the roll X a distance equal to the width of the paper to be wound nppa Ysied reel in said guide-wheel, serving to hold andv but one flange. vThe said guide-roller is capable of a swinging or oscillating movement in the arc of a circle, in order that it may bear 'constantly upon the -paper as the size ot' the roll increases bythe winding ofthe paper upon the saine. The said reel X. is provided with proper distance Afrom the center, upon which the paper iscoiledy or wound, by means of which the starting of the paper upon the reel is fa leilitated yand the -rllunovul ot' the roll ot' vpaper from the reel isnierc readily and conveniently guide the paper upon tho reel X, which has l The letter B represents a series of upright l The letter findicates the punches, which IOO IOS

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a series ofl pins, 2 2, arranged in a circle ata neocon p ,3

effected. The reel X is driven by e suitable belt, rv, extending from the shaft r, the said belt being arranged to slip upon its bearing `when the paper is wound tant, and in order that the momentum of the reel X may not rupture the paper a brake, c, suitably supported, is arranged to be brought against the reel EL the instant that the paper is wound tant.

rihe arm Z is attached to asnpport, lo, at 3, and carries a pin, c', and roller 11,3, the pin z being, heldV :may freni-.theedoe-oil the realli by a suitable spring. An arm, W, is attached to the support 1.0, and carries c pin, o, and roller u', the pin 'v bearing-upon the periphery of the reel V. \The paper passes from the reel V over the roller wand under the roller R on the frame F, and from thence over the feedroller E and under u'over the roller 'c3 and upon the reel X. In order that the paper may not be broken hy the sudden movement of the feed-roll E, the tirst strain is brought on the lever W at the roller u, permitting the reel to .be started easily, and to prevent its running too far the spring c causes the pin 2 to act as a brake upon the reel V. By the crrangement of the pulleys 0 and ci ond belt il' the shaft D makes a complete revolution in less time than the mein shaft p, the object be ing to allow the cylnderA. to more to its proper position, and the paper fed or moved the proper distance at the first part oi the rerolution of the inain shaft,the perforetion being accomplished at the latter part of the revelution. Upon the cylinder boing arrested by the stop-hars 4B coming in contact with the pins a a a, the beltU will slip on the pnlleyd, m

the main shaft completing its i'nll revolution while the cylinder is at rest.

The pins o an, in conjunction with the stopbars B and key-levers, serve also to regolate and determine the movement of the paperino-ii rollers, and thereby the movement or spacing of the paper, which is of varying lengths, ciepending upon the relative distance between the keys as expressed by their respective pins, as arranged cirenniterentially on the cylinder A.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood in connection with the foregoing description. i

Motion being imparted to the moin slini'tp by any suitable power, upon depressionoi` a hey, C, bearing ou the fromes lli, El, the hooked roti m is'drown"iii'rivnr'tiioiving "tile oprigiitt' forward from under the bell-crook.' lever N, when it is thrown down upon the pin p4 by the spring ai releasing` the end or the clntch S, when itis thrown into and upon the spurwheel T by the spring s; Simultaneously with tho inopement of mvthe rod k is drown forward, operating' the bell-crook lover l,

' which gives interni motion to the rod .l end the parts attached thereto. Simultaneously therewith the stop-hars B are thrown op into the path of the plus a on the cylinder A.

lt will he observed that all ol the more ments described occur simnltaneoiisly, end ns the clutch ie connected to the spnr-wheel i the pulley 0 and eannwheels P and J are revolved `Wit-h the main shaft p, the belt U on pulley- O part., the operations lining effected as foilows:

As theA ceinrwiieelni rotates., rineggmrthieon trips the lever i, oscillating the pooch-mover H, whichdrives or forces the ponches through the punch-head l1" into the die o", perforeting the paper which passes between the ponchhend and the die a2, as indicated in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

Upon the hey being released the parte assume their normal positions hereinhefore described. Upon the depression of such keys as ore provided with the openingen', therno've ments are die same as before described, excepting that the frame L remains in its norincl inactive position and the lateral position of the punch-mover remains unchanged.'

Having thus fully described our invention, what we elaini as our invention is-fi. The combination, with the punches of a teiegraphic nerforcting-inachine organized to perl'orate e iillet in two rows, offending mech,- anism for varying and regulating the spaces betweenY perforations repreeentingletters,Vine connection with said spnces, and donnees foi? controlling the operation of the ponches, so es to reverse the successive perorstions es regcrds their relative positions in. the respective rows, Substantially os described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the' keylevers and the shaft ccrrying the paperfeeil roller,- of the KGO stop-bars the frictioncylinder mounted onsniii shaft, and having tiieprojections lor opersting solid bars, the stop for limiting the renrwnril; movement ci scid here and oi' the cylinder, and motive devices connected with said cylinder ond controlled by the key-levers, substnntialiy as described.

3. The continuously@evolving shaft nucl ratchet sind the loose pulley cnil clutch, in combination with the revolving paper-feedregnleting cylinder and connecting-belt or.,

'snirahle geni-ing', snhstanially'as described.

The combination ol `the hey-levers, the

inalni 'rotiiry shaft n ccrryingftlis "ret/chieti?, the loose pulley i? on solo silent, corr ing the clutch S, the intermediate mechanism tween the lieylevere end the esiti clntch, thopsper 'eed xncclionisin end devices connecting the devices, aise connected with inni operette@ by said, policy, enlrstontialiy as described.

5. in combination with the key-levers enti ,125 seine with the loose pulley, and thepnnching o. in combination with the peper-ioctl rollers '4 :www

andintermittently-eetingIpunches,the wind- In testimony that We claim the tbregoing ingreel and pa ier-deliver reel, the yielding we havev hereunto set 0m' hands in the res-v l y D roller w, endlzmtomatie friction-brake W, for ence of the subscribing witnesses.

preventing t e rupture ofqfbhe paper and nn- (lue delivery of the smne .as it is drawn fro'm said reel, and the yielding roller u and anto- J matie brake-lever z, for regulating the movement"l of the winding-reel, substantially described. v

Witnesses .IHos. J. FARRELL, CHAs. A. RANDALL. 

